Timeline for "as essential a part of the weekly shop"
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| Jan 20, 2016 at 21:37 | comment | added | M J Hartwell | Colin, I think I know what it is about Bling's first sentence that makes it sound a bit odd. In the CNN text about cheese and rice, the word "essential" restates and amplifies the meaning of "staples." Bling's example, in contrast, pairs up the unrelated ideas of "smart" and "beautiful." A more native-sounding statement would be something like "My daughter is brilliant, as smart a student as your son." Bling: maybe you already know this, but the word "staple" in English has multiple meanings. The meaning used in the CNN article is "a main or important item, especially a food." | |
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| Jan 20, 2016 at 12:38 | comment | added | Colin Fine | You're right. Your second sentence is just about grammatical, but doesn't have that meaning (it's not comparing my daughter with your sun). The first one doesn't feel idiomatic, for reasons I can't quite put my finger on, but it is grammatical. | |
| Jan 20, 2016 at 12:38 | comment | added | Bling | I think the first one is also not that perfect. Anyway, you really helped me a lot. I'm sleeping on tonight first, and thinking about it tomorrow. Thanks a lot! | |
| Jan 20, 2016 at 12:36 | vote | accept | Bling | ||
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| Jan 20, 2016 at 12:33 | comment | added | Bling | Wow. You are so intelligent. I always really appreciate for guys like you. I understand it approximately. Can you check an sentence that I've just made for my ensure? "My daughter is beautiful, as smart a student in the class as your son (is)." / "My daughter is beautiful, as the smartest student in the class, as your son (is)." I'm sure that first sentence is correct, but second one is not. I think I can use "as...as" when I use superative something. | |
| Jan 20, 2016 at 12:21 | history | answered | Colin Fine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |